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This is a partial list of massacres in the United States; death tolls may be approximate.

• For single-perpetrator events and shooting sprees, see List of rampage killers in the United States, Mass shootings in the United States, Category:Spree shootings in the United States, and Category:Mass shootings in the United States by year
• For Indian massacres, see Indian massacres.

List

See also

• List of ethnic riots § United States
• List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States
• List of rampage killers (school massacres)
• List of school massacres by death toll
• Mass racial violence in the United States
• Murder of workers in labor disputes in the United States
• Mass shootings in the United States
• Freedmen massacres

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